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Thursday, January 9, 2014

BELOW ARE PREVIEWS OF 5 CURRENT COZY MYSTERIES AND ONE LUCKY FOLLOWER, WILL WIN ALL 5 BOOKS IN MY 5th BLOGIVERSARY CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!

AND THEN YOU DYEA Needlecraft MysteryBY MONICA FERRIS

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Betsy Devonshire, full-time owner of the Crewel World
needlework shop and part-time sleuth, has hooked more than a
few crooks in the USA Today bestselling
Needlecraft Mysteries. Now Betsy learns the hard way
that a murder is still murder, any way you color it...

Betsy is a natural-born yarnsmith—so it’s only
fitting that some of her favorite items to stock come from
the dye-works of Hailey Brent. But when Hailey is found dead
in her workshop, Betsy discovers that there was a lot about
Hailey she would have never guessed. Like her penchant for
stealing, her use of dangerous additives to create her
so-called all-natural fibers, and a scheming mind that had
made her more than one enemy. Now Betsy must wring the truth
from a bevy of colorful suspects. Because what she knows
just might mean the difference between living—and
dyeing...

Included free in this edition: a never-before-published
Needlecraft Mystery story and a counted cross-stitch
pattern.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Read more about Monica Ferris at her website HERE.

BILLIONAIRE BLEND

A Coffeehouse Mystery

BY CLEO COYLE

ABOUT THE BOOK:Landmark coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi has served her share
of New York’s rich and famous, but even she is
surprised by her explosive introduction to a mysterious
Internet billionaire....

When a car bomb nearly kills the charming young tech whiz
Eric Thorner, Clare comes to his aid and receives a
priceless thank you. Not only does the billionaire buy her a
barista’s dream espresso machine, he hires her for an
extraordinary project: creating the world’s most
expensive coffee blend. The police arrest Eric’s
alleged attacker, yet death continues to surround the
unlucky mogul, leading Clare to question whether the lethal
events are premeditated or merely freak accidents.
Clare’s boyfriend, NYPD detective Mike Quinn, has a
theory of his own—one Clare refuses to believe.
Meanwhile, Eric jets Clare around the world on a
head-spinning search for the very best coffee, and Clare
gets to know his world—a mesmerizing circle of money
with rivalries that could easily have turned deadly. But is
this mysterious young CEO truly marked for termination? Or
is he the one making a killing?

Includes a wealth of delicious recipes!ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Read more about Cleo Coyle at her website HERE.

GHOST GONE WILD

A Bailey Ruth Ghost Novel

BY CAROLYN HART

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Bailey Ruth loves to return to earth as an emissary from
Heaven’s Department of Good Intentions. Problem is,
she’s a bit of a loose cannon as far as ghosts
go—forgetting to remain invisible, alarming earthly
creatures—so she’s far from the top of
department head Wiggins’s go-to list for assignments.

That’s why she’s surprised when the Heaven-sent
Rescue Express drops her off at a frame house on the
outskirts of her old hometown, Adelaide, Oklahoma, where a
young man is playing the drums. What kind of rescuing does
he need—drum lessons? But when a window cracks and a
rifle barrel is thrust inside, only Bailey Ruth’s
hasty intervention saves Nick Magruder from taking a bullet.
When she materializes to reassure him, she finds she
can’t go back to vanishing. What gives?

It turns out she’s been tricked by Nick’s late
aunt—Delilah Delahunt Duvall—to come to the
young man’s rescue, which means she isn’t back
on earth in service of the department. Wiggins has no idea
where she is—and now she may be trapped in Adelaide
forever. Unless she can help Aunt Dee snare the person who
wants her nephew dead...ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Read more about Carolyn Hart at her website HERE.

THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR

A Ghost Hunter Mystery

BY VICTORIA LAURIE

ABOUT THE BOOK:

On a well-deserved hiatus from the ghoulish grind of their
TV show, Ghoul Getters, psychic medium M. J.
Holliday, her boyfriend, Heath, and her best friend, Gilley,
are back home in Boston. But there’s no rest for the
weary ghost busters. M. J.’s ex comes to her for
help—his fiancée’s brother Luke seems
haunted by a sinister spirit.

The crew sets up surveillance cameras to watch for the
possessive poltergeist while Luke is sleeping. But when he
goes outside in the middle of the night and returns hours
later covered in blood, they are all very
concerned—especially when the news reports the murder
of a young woman in the neighborhood.

Now M. J., Heath, and Gilley must remain self-possessed as
they try to stop a wicked ghost whose behavior is anything
but neighborly.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Read more about Victoria Laurie at her website HERE.

TAPESTRY OF LIES

A Weaving Mystery

BY CAROL ANN MARTIN

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Della Wright can’t believe her luck when celebrity
designer Bunny Boyd walks into her weaving studio in
small-town Briar’s Hollow, North Carolina, with a
large custom fabric order. Bunny needs materials for her
latest design project: Bernard Whitby’s mansion.
Bernard is Briar Hollow’s resident millionaire, and
Della soon discovers that Bunny has designs on the man as
well as his house. And he’s happy to have a celebrity
at his side when he announces his candidacy for governor.

But the buzz surrounding Bernard’s announcement is
quickly overshadowed by the murder of a local coffee shop
owner. When her good friend Jenny becomes one of the
suspects, Della decides to unravel the mystery. But
she’ll have to work fast—before she gets tangled
in a killer’s clutches.FEATURES WEAVING TIPS!ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Read more about Carol Ann Martin at her website HERE.

GIVEAWAY

THANKS TO KAYLEIGH AND THE GOOD FOLKSAT BERKLEY PRIME CRIME, OBSIDIAN,AND PENGUIN BOOKS,I HAVE ONE COPY OF EACH BOOK ABOVE

TO GIVE AWAY TO ONE LUCKY READER

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+1 ENTRY:COMMENT ON WHAT YOU READ ABOVE ABOUT JUSTONE BOOK IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE ONLY ONE (YOU DON'T AS YOU GET THEM ALL!). WHICH ONE WOULD IT BE, AND WHY?

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GIVEAWAY ENDS AT6 PM, EST, FEBRUARY 4

GOOD LUCK!

A "WISE OWL" SPECIAL GIVEAWAY

(In this case, meaning books that were scheduled before my break from blogging)

It was a great surprise to me to read that Monica Ferris first wrote under her maiden name, Mary Monica Pulver. I found some of her books are still in print! I want to read those too since I like her so much!

Ghost Gone Wild sounds like a lot of fun. I can't imagine poor Bailey Ruth's ghost being stuck and visible in her hometown. Hopefully, she can figure out who is trying to kill Nick and get back to the business of being dead in peace quickly.

If I had one to choose it would be "Billionaire Blend". I have read three of Cleo Coyle Coffehouse mysteries and love them. I like the main character Clare Cosi and all the other interesting people in her life.marybrandis@gmail.com

I like and find Cleo Coyle's website interesting because she has it set up as a virtual coffehouse the Village Blend. She offers great breakfast recipes. Makes me feel like I'm there.marybrandis@gmail.com

When I looked at Carol Ann Martin's website surprised to see that is her pen name. Her other series is written under her real name Monique Domovich. Also is the oldest of 10 children.marybrandis@gmail.com

Thanks to all!

Sadly, we will be saying good bye to Bookin' With Bingo early next month. Things just have been too hectic so we have chosen to close down with hopes for a new "BWB" someday. Thanks to all and KEEP READING!